Undated article from unknown source. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Kitchen-Doyle Wedding "Miss Wilma Joan Kitchen, daughter of Mrs. Naydene Kitchen and the late Tommy Kitchen of Moberly became the bride of Ronnie Ray Doyle, Mexico, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Doyle, Holliday, Friday night at 7:00 o'clock at the Madison Baptist Church. The candlelight double ring ceremony was performed by Rev. Ben Early, pastor of the church, before an altar of red poinsettias and white mums flanked by fernery and candelabra with white mums, red poinsettias and white gladioli tied with red bows. Mrs. Virgil Hulen, Jr., pianist played the traditional wedding music and 'I'll Walk Beside You' (Murray), 'oh Promise Me' (Reginald de Koven), 'Because' (D'Hardelot), 'Bridal Chorus' (Lohengrin) and the 'Wedding March'. Miss Joyce Kitchen, Moberly, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Larry Ragsdale, Holliday, served as best man. Darrell Howell, Mexico, and Bob Maseman, Moberly, were ushers and Velda Jean Kitchen, Perrin, niece of the bride, served as flower girl. The bride, given in marriage by her brother, Basil Kitchen, Perrin, chose for her wedding a street length gown of white satin with a round neckline & three quarter length sleeves with a bouffant pleated skirt, featuring tiny seed pearls on lace with a rose pattern on front bodice and skirt with a white satin bow at waistline in back. Her chapel length veil fell from a crown of lace and seed pearls, she carried a chapel Bible topped with white orchids and white full mums. Her only jewelry was cultured pearl earrings, a gift of the groom. She wore the traditional something old, something new, something borrowed and a penny in her shoe. The maid of honor wore a red velveteen street length dress with a round neckline, long sleeves which came to a point on the back of the hand and a full pleated skirt. She wore a small fur hat with veil. Her flowers were red poinsettias on a white fur muff with red velvet streamers. Mrs. kitchen wore a two piece grey wool suit with accessories of white and black and a corsage of white fuji mums. Mrs. Doyle wore a brown and green print silk dress with beige accessories with a corsage of white fuji mums. A reception was held in the basement of the church immediately following the ceremony for approximately one hundred guests. A white lace cloth covered the bride's table with green fuji mums tied with green bows. Candelabras with white candles adorn the table, green and white were the room decorations. Miss Carolyn Fowlkes was in charge of the guest book. Miss Marion Hickman and Mrs. Alevina Kitchen served the cake and Mrs. Mary Gibler and Cheryl Mariett poured. Mrs. Margaret Ragsdale and Mrs. Darlene Maseman was in charge of the gift table. The bride is a lower division graduate of Moberly Junior College and was a member of Theta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta lambda and the glee club. She is a secretary for Uregas Service, Mexico. Mr. Doyle graduated from Madison High School in 1960. He attended Moberly Junior College and graduated from St. Louis Technical College, St. Louis, and is employed as an IBM operator at Newell-Wetterau Grocer, Mexico. For a wedding trip, Mrs. Doyle wore a pink wool dress with cranberry red accessories and corsage from her bridal bouquet. Out of town guests included, Darrell Howell and Mrs. Willie McGee, Mexico; Jon Hageman, Huntsville; Butch Kruse, Washington; Mrs. Jesse Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Jones, Darlene Totsch, Mrs. Marie Totsch, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ragsdale, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ragsdale, all of Holliday; Mrs. James Fowlkes, Carolyn Fowlkes, Cheryl Marietta, all of Moberly; Mrs. Edith Krembs and Mrs. Peggy Jacobs, Paris; Lillian Des Maras, Iowa; Mrs. Lennie Johnson, Louisiana and the Rev. and Mrs. Ben Early, Hannibal, Elaine Totsch, St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. I.A. Kirkendoll, Dr. and Mrs. T.J. Vogelwild, Roy White, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kitchen, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Crutchfield, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Roberts, Miss Virginia Connell, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Masemen, all of Moberly; the Rev. and Mrs. Waldo Burton, Quincy, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. Basil Kitchen, Perrin." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562